HDD 5400 RPM & 16 GB RAM vs 7200 RPM & 8 GB RAM

[Blondie21]

All else equal, what is better?

1 TB HDD with 5400 RPM and 16 GB RAM
or 1 TB HDD with 7200 RPM and 8 GB RAM

(If I buy a laptop with option 2, then I would be willing to pay for an extra 8 GB RAM if that would be possible for the laptop in question in my specific price tag range, but that's probably not possible in my case, therefore this question.)

http/www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2547823/laptop-based-performance-1000-1300-week-vacation-york.html

EDIT: I'll be using the HDD as the secondary drive and a 256 GB SSD as the primair/boot drive

 

[Motoxyogi]

Personally I'd go with the faster hard drive over more memory.

8GB of RAM is about the norm for modern systems and unless you're using heavy editing software or something, I doubt you'd even max out 8GB.

You would definitely notice the difference between a 7200rpm and a 5400rpm HDD. Assuming everything else is the same the 7200rpm hard drive will allow your laptop to respond quicker to commands

 

[Motoxyogi]

True. SSD's are pretty much the be all and end all of storage devices.

But they are still a pricey option and I'm not so sure about the powersaving features of them. I didn't notice much, if any difference when I swapped out my old laptops 7200rpm drive for a SSD. But it's a power hungry beast in the 1st place so your mileage may vary.

 

[Blondie21]

Thank you all for the replies.

EDIT: I'll be using the HDD as the secondary drive and a 256 GB SSD as the primair/boot drive

 

[Blondie21]

Though, there is a serious downside of 7.2k rpm HDD. It eats up more juice most of the time [significantly, about 10-40 minutes of notebook runtime] + it's noisy sometimes and also heats up significantly more.
SSD all over...

My current winner is: http/i.imgur.com/XsaS04W.png
Please give your opinion in: http/www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2547823/laptop-based-performance-1000-1300-week-vacation-york.html

I'm still not sure if the upgraded ASUS recommended by Walter would eb a better choice and if there exists a better laptop for my budget.